TEASE

How did he know about that? She did not mention it to him when she came for the interview. Did his old boss tell her? She could not put it past Maria to do something like that. Maria could go to any lengths to prove her point regardless of who was affected by her actions. She watched him, trying to understand why he said that.

"You don't remember?" He questioned. The corner of his lips lifted as an amused smile played on them.

"Goodness!" She gasped and her hands flew to her mouth as she struggled to hide her embarrassment. She tugged on her hair gently, bit her bottom lip and covered her face with her hands."You were at the club Thursday night" She pointed out. Adam continued watching her without giving her any response. "God! This is so embarrassing" She face palmed her face and avoided his gaze.

Adam on the other hand was unbothered by her discovery. He found nothing appalling in what happened that night except the fact that she confessed to him that she was saving her virginity for him. His smile broadened as he watched her. He rose up from his seat and made his way over to her with his eyes still fixed on her. He stood behind her and placed his hand on the side of her face causing Kathlyn to tense. He bent down till his hot breath fanned her ear.

"You still want to have sex with me?" He breathed in a whisper. Kathlyn shut her eyes feeling shivers run through her spine at his words. "You are conscious now and you look really sexy in this red dress" He confessed. Kathlyn shut her eyes, trying to think past his closeness and the things he whispered to her. She successfully opened her eyes, breaking free from her trance. Her lips parted in shock and she immediately felt a rush of anger course through her veins. She rose up from the seat quickly and glared at him in anger.

"Whatever I said that night was said under the influence of alcohol. I would appreciate if you erase such memories from your head."

"Are you saying you are not saving yourself for me?" He probed further taking her warning lightly, the smile still dancing on his lips. Kathlyn struggled to push down the feeling of embarrassment at his words. She cussed under her breath and chided herself for spilling something like that to him.

"It was a mistake, sir. Can we just get to work? I believe this is against work ethics" She retorted. She was struggling to keep her cool and respect him as her new boss. If she got fired from here, she might never land another job.

She was pissed at Adam's audaciousness though but she blamed herself more for saying something like that to him. Adam adjusted his shirt and made his way back to his seat. He cleared his throat and pointed to the seat asking Kathlyn to sit on it. She watched him tentatively for some time before doing as he said.

"You are my personal assistant so that means you will assist me in whatever I chose to do. You will attend functions with me, travel on business trips with me and be available whenever I call you. It does not matter if I need you in the middle of the night. You will respond to my calls and obey my every order. Is that clear?" She thought about it for a minute, weighing her options and wondering if his terms were not equivalent to slavery.Besides, was that not what his secretary was for?

"You need the job, Kathie" She reminded herself then to him said, "It is clear, sir."

"Great. You also cannot bring any friends to the office. You cannot leave without my permission and you get to leave the office only when or after I leave unless I decide otherwise. I believe that is clear also" He concluded.

Kathlyn ground her teeth in annoyance. She wanted to refuse his terms and ask so many questions but the thought of losing this opportunity scared her. She squared her shoulders and glared at him. She felt he was doing this on purpose; to spite her perhaps for doing whatever she did the night of her birthday. The corner of his lips curved into a small smile showing how amused he was. She wanted to strike him across his face to erase the smug look but she restrained herself.

"Is that everything?" She asked. She plastered a fake smile across her lips deciding to not let him see how pissed she was.

"One last thing. You get paid $25,000 monthly" He informed. He moved his chair forward and went back to using his laptop leaving Kathlyn gasping for air.

"25… 25… $25,000?" She asked in bewilderment. Her hand flew to her mouth in disbelief. $25,000 was a lot of money. It would clear up her rent, and possibly get a new apartment for her. Receiving such amount of money monthly for the job of a personal assistant was a dream come true to her. It was definitely bigger than what she expected. Her last job paid her $10,000.She wanted to scream and exclaim but she reminded herself not to embarrass herself further in front of him.

Instead of jumping, she rose up in the most put together manner she could afford and offered a smile to Adam; a genuine smile this time.

"Thank you really much" She said. He dismissed her with the wave of his hand and she turned around to go.

"Jess will show you to your office" He said after her. She thanked him one last time before walking out of the office.

Once outside, she fist bumped the air and did a happy dance. She froze on her spot when she caught Adam watching her. She had totally forgotten that his door was made of transparent glass. She dropped her hands to her side, fixed her hair, looked around the corridor and scurried out of the place. Adam shook his head in amusement before going back to work.